“Easy” political issues subject of lecture

Which political positions come first, the voters’ or the candidates’?

Marc André Bodet, an associate professor of political science at Laval University, will take up this question in his free public lecture “The Leader-Led Nexus on Easy Issues,” over lunch Wednesday, February 28.

“There is a debate in the public opinion literature about the respective roles of candidates to elective positions and voters,” he says. “Some argue that voters’ positioning influences where candidates stand, while others argue that voters follow their preferred candidates and position themselves accordingly.”

He uses data from the Vote Compass survey to test those arguments and will share his findings in this talk, part of the Brown Bag Faculty Research Series hosted by the UWindsor Department of Political Science.

The hour-long event will begin at noon in room G100, Chrysler Hall North. Attendees are invited to bring their lunches.